Important Links and Course Curriculum Information

https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/Gr8-Social-Studies-Standard.pdf (please view this link to see all the standards we will cover this entire school year)

1. The New Georgia Encyclopedia (for overall information)
2. http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories
3. Geography: www.worldatlas.com/geography/georgiageography.htm
4. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/geographic-regions-georgia-overview
5. Government:
6. https://quizlet.com/265621/ap-government-vocabulary-flash-cards/
7. https://quizlet.com/289051/american-government-vocabulary-flash-cards/
8. Governing Document – U.S. Constitution
9. Governing Document – Georgia Constitution
10. http://georgia.gov/georgia-government
11. http://www.statelocalgov.net/state-ga.cfm
12. Economy:
13. http://www.georgia.org/
14. http://www.georgia.org/about-us/
15. http://georgia.gov/agencies/georgia-department-economic-development
16. https://quizlet.com/226768/economics-vocabulary-flash-cards/
17. http://www.learnersdictionary.com/3000-words/topic/economics
18. History:
19. http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories
20. www.vocabulary.com/lists/275774#view=notes
21. https://quizlet.com/subject/vocabulary-words-georgia-history/
22. www.history.com/topics/us-states/georgia/videos
23. https://quizlet.com/30811785/georgia-history-chapter-14-vocabulary-flash-cards/

Important People and Groups Students will have to study and know before end of the year (Students will be given a sheet on the first day of school) Our goal is to begin discussing these people on the first week of school; as well as learn about then during various units. Please review these people (3-4) per week with your child to practice mastery:
Paleo Indians
Archaic Indians
Mississippian Indians
Woodland Indians
Hernando de Soto
James Oglethorpe
Tomochichi
Mary Musgrove
Salzburgers
Highland Scots
John Reynolds
Henry Ellis
James Wright
Elijah Clarke
Austin Dabney
Nancy Hart
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton
Abraham Baldwin
William Few
Alex McGillivary
William McIntosh
Andrew Jackson
Sequoyah
John Marshall
John Ross
Worchester
Homer Plessy
Linda Brown
Dred Scott
Alexander Stephens
William T. Sherman
Henry McNeal Turner
Bourbon Triumvirate
Henry Grady
Leo Frank
Tom Watson
Rebecca Latimer Felton
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
John and Lugenia Burns Hope
Alonzo Herndon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Carl Vinson
Richard Russell
Eugene Talmadge
William B. Hartsfield
Ivan Allen
Ellis Arnall
Herman Talmadge
Dr. Benjamin Mays
Dr. Martin Luther King
Charlayne Hunter or Hamilton Holmes
Maynard Jackson
Andrew Young
Lestor Maddox
Jimmy Carter